calvar

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Latin

Verb

calvar

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of calvor

Middle English

Adjective

calvar

  1. Alternative form of calver

Portuguese

Etymology

From calvo (“balding man”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

calvar (first-person singular present calvo, first-person singular preterite calvei, past participle calvado)

  1. (intransitive) to become balding
    Synonym: calvejar
  2. (Brazil, by extension, humorous, transitive) to make appear to be balding
    Fulano me calvou enquanto eu tava dormindo! Que merda de pegadinha de 1º de abril!
    So-and-so shaved the top of my head while I was asleep! What a shitty April Fools' prank!
    Quando meu melhor amigo passou na facul, eu calvei ele pra comemorar!
    When my friend got into that uni, I shaved the top of his head to celebrate!
    Filhos da puta, entraram na minha casa, calvaram meu gato...
    Motherfuckers, they broke into my home and shaved the top of my cat's head...

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calvar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal calvar
Personal calvar calvares calvar calvarmos calvardes calvarem
Gerund
calvando
Past participle
Masculine calvado calvados
Feminine calvada calvadas
Indicative
Present calvo calvas calva calvamos calvais calvam
Imperfect calvava calvavas calvava calvávamos calváveis calvavam
Preterite calvei calvaste calvou calvamos1, calvámos2 calvastes calvaram
Pluperfect calvara calvaras calvara calváramos calváreis calvaram
Future calvarei calvarás calvará calvaremos calvareis calvarão
Conditional calvaria calvarias calvaria calvaríamos calvaríeis calvariam
Subjunctive
Present calve calves calve calvemos calveis calvem
Imperfect calvasse calvasses calvasse calvássemos calvásseis calvassem
Future calvar calvares calvar calvarmos calvardes calvarem
Imperative
Affirmative calva calve calvemos calvai calvem
Negative (não) não calves não calve não calvemos não calveis não calvem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calvaire.

Noun

calvar n (plural calvaruri)

  1. calvary

Declension

Declension of calvar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative calvar calvarul calvare calvarele
genitive-dative calvar calvarului calvare calvarelor
vocative calvarule calvarelor
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